JESSICA MACLEAN joined the
firm in February of 2014 after twelve years of public service with the
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Before leaving the State’s
Attorney’s Office, Ms. MacLean was an Assistant State’s Attorney in the
Real Estate Tax Division.

While in the Real Estate Tax Division of the Cook
County State’s Attorney’s Office, Ms. MacLean represented the Cook
County Board of Review, Cook County Assessor and Cook County Treasurer
in numerous proceedings in Circuit Court, the Illinois Property Tax
Appeal Board, the United States Bankruptcy Court and the United States
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition Ms. MacLean represented
the People of Cook County in criminal matters for three years, handling
over sixty criminal appeals and several criminal trials. Ms. MacLean
also worked full time as a paralegal for the Cook County State’s
Attorney’s Office while in law school.

Ms. MacLean earned a B.A. from Lake Forest College
where she was a member and captain of the volleyball and softball teams.
Ms. MacLean earned her J.D. from Chicago Kent College of Law. She was
admitted to the Illinois bar in 2006.